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The Wonderful Fan. 


THE SOLAR WAVE. 

What a warm day it was! The sun beat down 
till everything was baking hot out of doors, and in- 
doors it was nearly as bad. 

Tina wandered about, up-stairs and down, and 
finally opened the parlor door. 

“This is the coolest place yet,” she said. The 
shutters were closed, so the hot sun did not find its 
way in there. There was an odor of new matting 
and fresh flowers. 

Tina picked up a fan that was lying on the 
table, threw herself down on the sofa, and began 
fanning herself. 

“ My, how warm I am ! ” she said. “ I believe 
it’s just the hottest day that ever was. Maria said 
you could bake bread on the roof.” 

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She kept on fanning herself, once in a while 
opening and shutting the fan, which was quite a 
pretty one, and Tina found herself counting the 
slats and looking at the decorations on them, till 
suddenly a little face appeared, peeping at her from 
the center slat of the fan, and as the fan waved 
back and forth, the little white face seemed to be 
bowing and bowing. 

“I wonder where that little girl came from?” 
thought Tina ; “ she wasn’t here a minute ago.” 

“Yes, I was,” said a voice, “only you didn’t 
see me. I was folded up in the fan, and when you 
waved the fan, I came out with the breeze.” 

“That’s queer,” said Tina. 

By this time the little face had grown larger 
and larger, and presently a whole little girl stood 
beside her. 

“ Isn’t it warm ?” said Tina. 

“Not so very, in here,” said the little girl ; 
“but I will take you to a warm place and before 
Tina could say a word, she was seized by the hand. 


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and found herself running swiftly along. She 
looked up at the little girl, who grew taller and 
taller, and by the time they had stopped running, 
she was a tall young maiden. 

‘‘Come,” said she, as she opened a door. 

Tina went in. There was a smell of bread- 
baking, and just as they entered Tina saw a baker 
/ taking loaves of bread out of an oven. 

“ I never was in a bake-shop before like this,” 
thought Tina. “ I am glad I can see how they 
make bread, and bake it ; ” and she stood still to 
watch the baker. 

He had a long shovel with which he was draw- 
ing the bread out of the oven ; and just at that mo- 
ment Tina saw him start back, and there, stepping 
on the shovel, was a little black imp. 1 1 grinned at the 
baker, and the baker stood still and stared back at it. 

“Who are you?” said he. “Where did you 
come from ?” 

“ I came from the oven,” said the imp. “ I’ve 
been in there for a week.” 


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No wonder he is so black,” thought Tina. 
Well, where are you going?” said the baker. 



I am going to the king s palace,” said the imp. 



THE SOLAR WAVE. 


“Oho! rd like to see you/’ said the baker. 

“Well, see me, then,” said the imp, as he 
jumped down and ran to the door, shouting, “ Hur- 
rah for King Caloric ! ” 

“Come, come quickly! it is the king’s son,” said 
the maiden, seizing Tina by the hand. 

Then they ran out of the door, and as they 
went, Tina saw the figure of the imp ahead of 
them grow larger and larger, until they came to 
an open field where the sun was shining brightly. 

As soon as the first sunbeam struck the imp, 
he changed into a tall prince, with a golden crown 
on his head ; but he looked thin and pale. 

Presently a flock of twelve geese appeared, and 
one of them followed the prince, gently pulling his 
coat, till he turned round to look at it. 

Then it ran on ahead until it came to a little 
brook, near to which a tree was growing. 

The prince followed it, and taking off his crown, 
he hung it on the tree ; then he lay down by the 
brook and went to sleep, while the goose crouched 


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down beside him, and the eleven other geese stayed 
a little distance off, none of them allowing a soul 
to pass them. 

Tina looked around, and saw in the distance 
what at first she thought was a pile of very bright 
clouds, but, as she looked, she saw that it was a pal- 
ace, that glittered as if made of sunlight. 

“That is where King Caloric lives,” said her 
companion. 

Just then two men passed, going different ways. 
One was carrying a lamp that twinkled like a star, 
and the other had two or three vessels from which 
smoke seemed to come, as if there were fire in- 
side. 

They both looked in the direction of the sleep- 
ing prince, and one of them said to the other : 

“ What is heat ?” 

“The sensation of warmth,” was the reply. 

“What is caloric ?” 

“A subtle, invisible fluid •” and his voice died 
away. 


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“ What on earth do they say ‘ Familiar Science * 
for?” said Tina. 



“ Hush!” said the maiden. 


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‘‘The Solar Wave,” said the men, looking over 
at the prince; and they passed on. 

“This is the oddest place I ever saw,” said 
Tina; but as she looked up at her companion, she 
saw that the tears were running down her cheeks, 
and she stooped down and kissed Tina on the fore- 
head. 

Then she said, “ Keep fifty yards behind me, 
and you will be safe.” And leaving Tina, she 
went toward the sleeping prince. 

The geese stood aside and let her pass on. 

She knelt down by the brook, and taking some 
water up in the hollow of her hand, she dropped a 
drop on each of the prince s eyelids. 

He awoke with a start, and looked at her. 

“ It is time,” she said. 

He took her by the hand, and they walked off 
together. The geese all marched to the brink of 
the brook, and stood there till they were out of 
sight. 

Tina followed them till they came to a city. 


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She was careful to keep fifty yards behind them. 



As they went on, the streets became very nar- 
row, the houses nearer together and crowded with 


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people who looked from the windows and doors, 
and sat in the streets outside. 

As the prince and the maiden came up to them, 
they seemed very much afraid and distressed, and 
once the pair stopped, and the maiden said : 

“ Do not be afraid, my good people ; the prince 
is on his way to his father’s house, and he must 
come this way. It will only be for a little while.” 
But as she looked at a woman holding a little sick 
child, she began to sob, and hurried on. 

Tina could not imagine what was the matter, 
until she noticed that it grew warmer and warmer, 
and the people could hardly breathe for the heat. 

After a while they came to the gates of the pal- 
ace, and, for the first time, Tina saw that the prince 
did not have on his crown. He must have left it 
hanging on the tree, she thought. 

As they went through the gates there was a 
great noise of trumpets. Everything seemed to be 
blazing with light and heat. 

They went on from hall to hall. Just before 


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they were to go into the last one, some one handed 
the prince a harp. 

He carried this with him into a large room. 
At the end of this room sat a king on a throne. 

“Is that King Caloric?” asked Tina of the 
maiden, who had left the prince and was standing 
by her side. 

“Yes,” she replied. “ Listen ! ” 

The prince went up to the foot of the throne, 
where a seat was ready for him. 

Everything was as still as could be. There 
were a great many persons standing about, but it 
was as silent as noonday, and there was the same 
feeling in the air. 

Presently in came the twelve geese, the first 
one with the prince’s crown on its head. They 
stopped some distance from the throne, and the 
prince began to play. 

As he played, Tina saw the oven and the 
baker, the field and the brook, the narrow streets, 
and everything. 


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Everyone looked very grave, and the king list- 
ened. It seemed as if the prince were telling all 
that had happened, and yet he was only playing on 
his harp. 

“ It will do. It is not so bad,” said the king, 
when he had finished. 

“ It is all my good Breeze,” said the prince ; 
‘‘ but for her, there would have been a sad tale to 
tell.” '‘Where is she?” asked the king. 

There was a little rustle, and Tina saw the 
maiden glide forward and stand by the prince. 

“ Go, my children,” said the king; “the world 
will be glad to see you together, and I hope your 
dear Breeze will grow stronger, for the world’s 
sake,” he said to the prince. “ I see now that it 
would not do to part you.” 

Then there was a sound of rushing wings. Tina 
felt a cool air blowing on her face ; the palace, the 
prince, and all seemed to melt away, and she was 
looking around the parlor to find that a shutter on 
the shady side of the room had blown open, and 


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quite a breeze was blowing. She picked up the 



fan, but the little girl’s face was gone, and it looked 
just as it did before. 


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THE FROG. 

She commenced fanning herself again, still 
wondering about the prince and King Caloric, and 
looking at the fan, in hopes the little face would 
appear again. 

And in a few moments something did seem to 
be coming out on another slat ; and as Tina looked, 
she saw it was a face, but not the same one she 
had seen before. 

This one was laughing, and the more it laughed 
the wider the mouth became, and the broader the 
face. 

“That is the funniest looking thing I ever 
saw,” thought Tina, as she watched it. 

The face grew and grew, and in a few minutes 
a body appeared ; that, too, swelled and swelled. 

“ It looks like a frog,” said Tina, and just as 









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she said this, hop went the figure into the mid- 
dle of the floor. 

“ It is a frog,” said Tina ; and sure enough, there 
it stood on its hind legs. 

‘‘Well, I never,” said Tina. 

“ Knee-deep,” said the frog. 

“ What did you say ?” asked Tina. 

“ Bottle o’ rum,” said the frog. 

“ That’s funny talk,” she said ; and as she 
spoke the frog went hopping out of the door, and 
the first thing she knew, she was hopping after him. 

“ I believe I’m a frog, too,” she thought. 

They went hopping along, till they came to a 
marshy stream. 

The frog sat down, and said, “Knee-deep!” 
when up hopped another frog and almost knocked 
Tina over. 

It laid its hand on its stomach, and began to 
sing: 

“ Come, come, come. 

Come to the marsh so green, 


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Where reeds and rushes grow, 

And turtles gay are seen.” 

The big frog pointed to Tina, and, making one 
leap, jumped into the water. The other frog 
jumped in after him, and Tina was left alone. 

In a few moments the big frog, came up to the 
surface and began to sing, in a hoarse voice : 

Down, down, down, 

Down in the water cold, 

Down in the water clear ; 

Here is my hand, take hold. 

Come, come with me, my dear.” 

“ Oh ! I don’t want to go,” said Tina. “ I don’t 
like to be a frog.” 

“ But you must,” said the frog ; and he reached 
up his hand and drew her down, “plump” into 
the water. 

But just as she was going, she found it wasn’t 
the water at all, that she had only rolled off the 
sofa. So she got up and began to fan again. 


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THE SUNSET LAND. 

‘‘ How stupid of me to roll off the sofa,” said 
Tina. 

“ Anyhow, I am glad I am not a frog. I do 
think this is the strangest fan I ever saw. I wouldn’t 
be surprised to see anything come out of it.” 

The fan wafted a soft breeze back and forth, 
and Tina forgot to look for the little faces on it, 
she was so comfortable, till she heard a voice 
say : 

“ Come, go into the woods with me.” 

“Who’s that ?” said Tina, looking at the fan. 

“ It is I,” said the'voice. “ Don’t you see me ? 
I won’t come out, unless you say you will go to the 
woods with me.” 

“ All right, I will go,” said Tina ; “ if we don’t 
have to go through the sun — it is so hot.” 











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“ It will be pleasant, where we are going,” said 
the voice ; and then Tina saw a little boy s face ap- 
pear on the fan. 

He was a very pretty little boy, and as he said 
“ Come,” Tina put down the fan, and there was 
the boy standing by her side. 

He took her by the hand, and suddenly she 
found herself with him on a broad terrace, in front 
of a beautiful house. 

“H ow did we get here?” said Tina. “This 
isn’t my home.” 

“ No, but it is one of mine ; ” said the little boy. 

Tina looked about her, as they walked down the 
steps of the marble terrace, and saw a lovely scene 
spread out before her. 

All about were vases of flowers, and clumps of 
shrubbery. At the foot of the steps there was a 
garden with sparkling fountains, shady walks, stat- 
ues peeping out here and there, and beyond a dense 
forest. 

The air was mild, and everything looked well- 


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cared for, but not a creature was to be seen ; and it 
was as still as could be. 

They went on toward the forest, and as they en- 
tered it, Tina saw flowers everywhere. 

“ Do let us get some,” she said. 

Very well,” said the boy. “ I will get you a 
basket ; ” and, turning a little out of the path, he 
went to a tree, and Tina saw that from every limb 
baskets were hanging, as if they grew there. 

H e came back with one for Tina, and as she 
thanked him, she said : “You haven’t told me your 
name.” 

“My name,” said he, “is Sunny Summer.” 

“What a queer name! ’’said Tina, “but I rather 
like it.” 

They went on, and Tina filled her basket with 
blossoms. They were the most beautiful she had 
ever seen. 

Sunny climbed trees for her, and helped her 
find the finest colors. 

Soon they came to a bridge. 


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“Take off your hat, and throw it in,” said 
Sunny. 

“In the water?” said Tina. “What for?” 

“You cannot go over, unless you do,” said he. 

So Tina took off her hat, and threw it in the 
water. Sunny did the same with his, and they 
went bareheaded over the bridge. 

“ Now we can go to the Sunset Land,” said he ; 
“but we couldn’t have gone in our old hats, for we 
never would have reached there alive. We will 
get new ones directly.” 

As they reached the other side of the bridge, 
Sunny went to a big hollow tree, and tapped on 
the bark, saying : 

“Sun, Sun, Sun, 

The day is not done. 

What have you for me, 

A bonnet or none ?” 

And at once a hand appeared, holding out a pink 
sunbonnet. 


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went along a little further till they came to another 
hollow tree. Sunny tapped again on that, saying : 

‘‘Sun, Sun, Sun, 

The day is not done ; 

What have you for two, 

A hat old or new ?” 

And a hand appeared with a hat in it. 

Sunny put it on, and they went on till they 
came to the foot of a hill. 

Here they sat down and arranged the flowers. 

“ Must we go up that steep hill ?” said Tina. 

“Yes,” said Sunny; “we shall see the Sunset 
Land from the top of it. We had better start now, 
or we will not get there.” 

So he put his arm around Tina, and they trudged 
up the hill. When they reached the top, he 
pointed to the sky, where the sun was going down. 

“There is the Sunset Land ! ” said he — “the 
beautiful Sunset Land ! See the rivers, and tem- 
ples and the people in their rose-colored robes.” 










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I never knew it was really a place,” said Tina ; 
“but now I see that it is. How beautiful the gold 
is, and the purple. Let us hurry ; I want to see 
it nearer.” 

So they started down hill, and the Sunset Land 
faded from their sight as they went on. 

It grew chilly, and they came to another forest. 
This seemed full of life. There were whiskings to 
and fro, chatterings up in the trees, rustlings among 
the branches, and now and then Tina heard a 
laugh. 

Tina clung close to Sunny, and said, “ I am 
afraid.” 

“Oh, you needn’t be,” he said. “You mustn’t 
be afraid of anything you see, for you are per- 
fectly safe now that you have your sunbonnet on ; 

as soon as they see that, they will know who you 
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are. 

Just then two beasts came dashing along. The 
first was a deer, and after it came a wolf, while an- 
other started up from among some bushes. They 


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all rushed along, but the deer was ahead ; and in a 
moment all three were out of sight. 

“What is the matter ?” asked Tina. 

“ They are in a hurry to get to Sunset Land 
before the sun goes down. The deer has des- 
patches for China, and the wolf wants to get them 
away from him, so they won’t go off,” said Sunny. 

“ Politics, I suppose,” said Tina. 

“ Yes,” said he. 

“ I haven’t the least idea what politics are,” said 
Tina, “but it sounds something like that, when 
papa talks to Mr. Wright, and mamma says it is 
politics.” 

Presently they saw, not far off, what at first 
looked like the stump of a tree ; but, on coming 
up to it, Tina saw it was an old woman, all hud- 
dled up. She had a quantity of leaves spread 
out before her, and she was saying, over and 
over : 

“Turn to red and turn to gold. 

Though we’re young, we must be old.” 


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“What is she doing?” whispered Tina. 

“ Getting the leaves ready to turn,” said Sunny. 

“ I know what that means. It means I must 
be going.” 

Tina couldn’t imagine what he meant, but she 
followed him. 

“ I am getting very tired,” she said. “When 
will we get to Sunset Land ? ” 

“ It will not be long, now,” said Sunny. “ We 
will see the sentinel soon.” 

“ I don’t believe I can go any further,” said 
Tina, “unless I rest.” 

“Just a few moments,” said Sunny, kindly. 
“ When we come in sight of the sentinel, we will 
be all right, and can rest as long as we want to.” 

They walked a few yards, and in among the 
bushes Tina spied a man standing. 

“ There he is,” said Sunny, and he sat down 
under a large tree. 

Tina threw herself down beside him, and he 


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drew her head down on his lap ; she took hold of 
his hand, and in a few moments was fast asleep. 



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THE ROSE GARDEN. 

Tina thought she had slept some time when 
she heard a voice singing : 

“ I must go, I must go, 

To the Sunset Land ; 

Where the golden rivers 
Roll on golden sand ; 

And the purple mountains. 

With their peaks so bright. 

Tower up by mansions 
Built of clouds of light. 

Sleep, Tina, sleep. 

The rivers are deep ! 
ril away, 
ril not stay ! 

Eare you well ! 


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“ Fare you well ! Fare you well ! 

I must go, ’tis late ; 

And I see opened wide, 

The sunlit gate 
Of that beautiful land. 

Where the cloud shapes stand. 

With their robes wind-blown. 

When the sun goes down. 

Dream, Tina, dreams 
Of those golden gleams. 

Think of me. 

When you see 

The Sunset Land. 

But it was some time before she could wake up 
at all, and then she saw that the little boy had 
gone, and she was lying with the fan in her hand. 

“ I don’t remember having this with me,” she 
said; “but I suppose I must have taken it, or it 
wouldn’t be here. I wonder where Sunny has 
gone; it is too bad I couldn’t get to the Sunset 
Land after all. That must have been he singing 


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to me. But how this fan came here is a mystery 
to me. There is another face, of course. I knew 
it. I wonder how this is going to turn out? It 
looks like a girl, but I’m not so sure that it is. It 
has a ruffle around its neck — no it isn’t a ruffle. I 
believe it has wings.” 

The wings fluttered, and something flew out. 

“Why, you’re a butterfly,” said Tina. 

“ I know it,” said the creature. “You might 
as well say to a horse, you’re a horse. Everybody 
knows I am a butterfly. I don’t see anything so 
very peculiar in my being a butterfly.” 

“Well, you needn’t be so snappish,” said Tina. 
“ I didn’t suppose you were going to take my head 
off. I’m sorry I spoke.” 

“Oh, well, come along,” said the butterfly; 
and Tina was amazed at finding herself flying 
through the air after the butterfly. 

“ I should like to know what I am,” she 
thought ; “ but I don’t dare ask any questions — 
the butterfly has such an unpleasant manner.” 



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THE WONDERFUL FAN. 


They went flying along, and presently Tina 
heard the rushing of wings behind, and she saw 
they were joined by four birds ; one of them flew 
close by Tina. “ I wonder if I am a bird?” 
thought she. “ I believe I will ask. Am I a bird ?” 
she said. 

“What a question ! ” answered the bird ; “ as if 
you didn’t know. How could you fly, if you were 
not a bird ? ” 

“ I might be a butterfly,” said Tina. 

“ So you might,” said the bird. “ I never 
thought obthat ; but you are not, all the same.” 

“Then, I suppose I must be a bird,” thought 
Tina. “ I am glad I know.” 

It was delightful to go skimming along through 
the air, and Tina came to the conclusion that to 
be a bird was better than to be a little girl. 

“Where are we going?” she asked the bird, 
who was flying by her side. 

“No one but the butterfly knows,” said the 
bird. 


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Pretty soon they came to a forest. “ I can go 
no further with you,” said the butterfly. “ I must 
go find the rose before its petals drop. If you 
reach the snow in time, turn around and come 
back ! I will be there.” 

Then it flew away, and Tina and the other birds 
went on into the forest. As they went on, they 
heard sounds of distress, and they saw among the 
branches of a tree two birds whose nest had been 
overturned, and the eggs broken. They all gath- 
ered around, and asked the pair what had hap- 
pened. 

“He has been here,” said they, chirping piti- 
fully. 

“Come with us,” said the birds. “We are 
going to the North Country, and we can find 
him. After that we will all be happy in the Rose 
Garden.” 

So the birds went with them, and they all rose 
up over the tops of the trees, and flew through the 
air to the north. 


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THE WONDERFUL FAN. 


It grew colder and colder. Every now and 
then other birds would join them, when they heard 
where they were going ; and by the time they 
reached the snow there was a large flock of them. 

Tina wondered what they were all going to do, 
when they all settled down on the snow-covered 
ground. 

There were buildings and trees about ; and 
after a great deal of chattering, some of them flew 
up on the branches, and others on different places, 
where they all seemed to be waiting for something. 

Finally, they all looked at each other, and said, 

ere he comes ! ” 

Tina looked too, and saw a strange creature 
coming toward them. It looked something like a 
cat, and something like a snake. She could not 
tell which it was. 

At once there was a great flutter and stir 
among the birds, and they all flew furiously at the 
creature. 

Tina thought it must be the one that had ruined 









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the eggs, as she saw the pair of birds whose nest it 
was, seeming very angry. 

She joined the others, and they began to battle 
with the creature, who was so taken by surprise that 
it did not know what to do. 

They pecked at its eyes, they beat it with their 
wings. At last they all flew up on a tree, and 
looked at Tina. 

“What am I to do?” she said. “You seem 
to expect something of me.” 

“ Finish it ! ” said they. “ Finish it ! ” they all 
screamed. 

“How can I ?” said she. 

“You know, they said. “You know best; 
go on.” 

Tina stood still for a moment, and then she 
picked up a little twig, and flew toward the beast. 

It seemed to be greatly afraid when it saw her, 
and as she waved the twig before its eyes, it sank 
back and closed them. 

There was a scream of delight from the birds, 






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and they all gathered around her twittering and 
singing. 

“Now, to the Rose Garden,” said they, and 
they flew off, with Tina in their midst. 

As they went on, the air grew warm and 
balmy, and the perfume of flowers became stronger. 
Soon they saw a row of marble pillars, white as 
snow. 

They all alighted, and the butterfly flew to- 
ward them. 

“You have done well,” it said to Tina. “Wel- 
come to the Rose Garden.” 

Tina looked around and saw that she was in 
the most enchanting place. Myriads of beautiful 
birds flew about ; butterflies of every hue darted 
here and there, and there were roses — roses every- 
where. 

It seemed like Fairy-land ; and Tina thought 
it must be, when she saw she still had the fan, and 
a little fairy face was looking at her from another 
slat. 


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THE FAIRY’S FRIENDS. 

I THOUGHT I was a bird,” said Tina, “and 
birds don’t carry fans.” 

“You were a bird, but you’re not one now,” 
said the fairy. “You touched the rose before its 
petals fell.” 

“ When did I touch it ?” said Tina. 

The fairy pointed to a rosebush by which 
Tina was sitting, and she saw that one rose leaf 
lay on her lap ; it had just dropped from a lovely 
rose that rested by her shoulder. 

“And you came from the fan, too?” she said 
to the fairy, who picked up the rose leaf and began 
to fan herself with it. 

“ Yes,” said the fairy, “ I am one of the Zeph- 
yrs.” 

“Well, you are very pretty,” said Tina. 

“ I know it,” said the fairy. “ At least most 


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people think so. Now, I will take you to see some 
friends of mine, if you would like to go,” said she ; 
“but you will not see me after we leave the Rose 
Garden.” 

“H ow will I know your friends, when I see. 
them, and how can I find the way?” asked Tina. 

“Oh, I will be there,” said the fairy, “to tell 
you ; only you can’t see me. I will give you a book 
to look at before we go, and if anything should 
possibly happen, you have only to look in the book, 
and it will be all plain to you. Sit there 
under that tree, and I will come for you in a mo- 
ment.” 

Tina sat down and took the book in her lap, 
and began to look at it. 

It was a very queer book, full of pictures which, 
when you looked close at them, seemed not to be 
pictures merely, but the places themselves. 

Tina was puzzling over them when the fairy 
came back. 

They passed through the Rose Garden, all the 


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THE WONDERFUL FAN 


“ Go on straight ahead till you come to an open 
space, where you will see some gray hares feed- 
ing/’ 

It was not long before Tina spied the hares. 

“ Now, where shall I go ?” said she. 

“ Keep on to that old tree with gnarly roots.” 

She did so, and sat down under the tree, won- 
dering what was coming next. 

Presently up hopped four hares, and sat down 
in front of her. 

“ Well,” said she. 

“Well,” said they. 

“ It is a fine day,” said Tina, not knowing ex- 
actly what to say. 

The hares looked at each other as much as to 
say, “She is very silly.” 

“Of course it is a fine day,” said one of them. 
“ Did you think we couldn’t see ? ” 

“ No, said Tina, “ I only wanted to be po- 
lite.” 

“Oh,” said the hare, “ I’m glad I know.” 








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THE WONDERFUL FAN. 


Tina put her hand in her pocket and found a 
piece of bread, which she thought she would give 
to the hares. 

They hopped to her and began to quiver their 
noses. 

“Won’t you have a piece?” said she. 

“What is it?” asked they. 

“ Only bread.” 

“ What is that ? We never saw any before.” 

“ It is very good,” she replied. “ You had bet- 
ter try it.” 

One of them began to nibble it, but while he 
was eating he began to turn from gray to black, 
and at once they all hopped away. 

Tina got up and followed them. “ Where is 
the fairy, I wonder?” she said, looking around. 

“ Here I am,” said a voice over her head. 

She looked up and saw a bird, but that was 
all. 

“ Look at your book,” said the voice. 

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THE FAIRY'S FRIENDS. 


53 


ing to a fence. A gun was leaning by the fence, 
and a dead hare was lying on its back near by. 

“ I don’t think I’ll go there,” she said. ‘‘ Need 
I ? ” 

“ No,” said the fairy. “You can go the other 
way.” 

She turned the page of her book and saw a 
path leading toward a village, and as she shut the 
book, there was the path before her. 

She turned into it, and as she walked on she 
heard merry voices, that seemed to come nearer 
and nearer. She looked to the right and left, but 
saw no one. 

“It must be children in the village,” she 
thought. “ I will keep on. It sounds as if they 
were having a pretty good time.” 

A few yards from her she saw two squirrels 
sitting up, eating nuts, and when she came up to 
them a nut fell right on the top of her head, and 
she heard a little laugh somewhere above her. 

She looked up, and there, in the branches of a 


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THE WONDERFUL FAN 


tree, were three or four little children gathering 
nuts. 

'‘Come up,” they said. “You don’t know 
what lun it is ! ” 

“Shall I go?” said Tina to the fairy. 

“ Yes,” she said. “ These are my friends. My 
father, the West Wind, is coming to-night to blow 
down the nuts, and the squirrels will get them all ; 
it is their tree, anyhow.” 

Tina went up to the tree, and was going to 
climb up, when suddenly she felt herself lifted off 
her feet, and before she could turn around she was 
sitting on a limb of the tree, with three children 
near her. 

“We have been waiting for you ever so long,” 
said they. “ What made you so late ?” 

“ I stopped to talk to the hares,” said she. “ I 
didn’t know you were waiting.” 

Just then a squirrel whisked by them, stopping 
to look over his shoulder at them, and saying, 
“ Don’t take too many.” 






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THE WONDERFUL FAN 


‘‘ We won’t,” said they. 

“ I never knew squirrels and such things could 
talk,” said Tina. 

The children laughed, and said, “You must 
have lived in a funny place all your life, if you 
never heard squirrels talk.” 

“ It was a very nice place,” said Tina. 

“ Perhaps so,” said the children. “ N ever mind ; 
let us get down, and see what is in the nuts.” 

“Why, what is always in nuts, I suppose,” said 
Tina. 

“ Oh, you don’t know,” said they ; and they all 
gave a little jump, and sank lightly to the ground 
as if they were feathers. 

They set to work to crack the nuts, and Tina 
was amazed to find that in every one was some- 
thing different. 

The first one held a delicious bon-bon ; the 
second a tiny little horse and wagon. The horse 
seemed alive and trotted off by itself, no one tried 
to stop it. And nut after nut was cracked, each 


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5 ; 


holding something more wonderful — the strange 
part of it being that no amount of hard blows on 
the shell seemed to break what was inside. 

After a while they were tired ; and, taking 
Tina by the hand, led her to the village, through 
the streets to a cottage. They all went in, and the 
first thing she knew, Tina was lying on a soft bed, 
feeling, oh, so sleepy. And in a moment more 
she forgot everything. 


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THE WONDERFUL FAN. 



FLOWER CHILDREN. 


“ Wake up ! wake up ! ” was the first thing she 
heard. She raised herself on one elbow, and 
looked about her. 

On the floor lay the fan, and staring up at her 
from one of the slats was a face. 

‘‘Well, I declare!” said Tina. 

“ Come, wake up ! They are waiting for you,” 


FLOWER CHILDREN. 


59 


said the child, who now stood by the bed. '‘They 
are all down stairs.” 

Tina did not have time to say anything, but 
picked up the fan and followed the child down- 
stairs. 

They went into a room full of children ; most of 
them were sitting around the floor, and one seemed 
to be telling the others a story. 

As Tina came in they made room for her. 

“ Begin the story over again. Daffodil,” said 
they, “so Eglantine can hear it.” 

“ My name isn’t Eglantine,” said Tina. 

“ Oh, yes, it is,” said they. “ That’s why you 
are called Tina.” 

“ But I don’t know your names,” said Tina. 

“Well, we’ll tell you,” said they, “before we 
begin the story. Here are Violet, and Rose, and 
Lily; Hyacinth, Johnny-jump-up, and Sweet Wil- 
liam ; and Daffodil is going to tell us about little 
Snowdrop.” 

Daffodil had lovely long, yellow hair. Violet 


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THE WONDERFUL FAN. 


was dressed in blue, Rose in pink, and Lily in 
white. Hyacinth’s clothes were of different colors. 
Johnny-jump-up was a pretty little fellow in purple 
velvet jacket, and Sweet William wore dark red. 

“And what is your name?” said Tina to the 
child who had awaked her. 

“ Four-o’-clock,” said she, spreading out her red 
and white striped frock. “ That is why they sent 
me up to call you.” 

Shy little Violet nestled up to Daffodil, Rose 
stood near her, tall Lily sat opposite, and Four-o’- 
clock sat down by Hyacinth. Tiny knelt down 
between Rose and Sweet William, and Johny- 
jump-up stood behind Daffodil. 

“One day,” began Daffodil, “very early in the 
spring, I chanced to be out for the first time. It 
was quite cold ; the snow was on the ground, and 
I began to wish I had stayed in a while longer. 
I looked about for some one to speak to, for I felt 
lonely. I thought perhaps Hyacinth might be 
out, but he wasn’t ; and I knew it was too soon for 



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THE WONDERFUL FAN. 


little Violet. I sat for some time looking about, 
then I jumped down, and thought I would take a 
walk. 

“ I went along through the snow. Oh, it was 
so cold ! I was really glad that every one was in- 
doors. Pretty soon I saw a little heap over in the 
corner where the snow-drops live. I went over 
there and brushed aside the snow, and there was a 
dear little baby snow-drop. She was asleep, and 
I was sorry I had brushed off her cover, for I knew 
the frost would nip her, she was so young. 

“ I couldn’t cover her up again very well, so I 
picked her up in my arms and brought her to 
a sunny spot. As soon as she was warmed 
through, she opened her eyes and smiled. 

“ She stayed near me all that day, and was so 
much company. But it was so cold that night that 
she couldn’t stand it ; so she was taken home be- 
fore I was, and when I got here she was waiting 
for me. 

“ How glad I was to see her, for none of you 


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63 


had come there, you know. But there is Bluebell 
ringing for us. We must run to the school-room.” 



They all got up and ran out, taking Tina with 
them. 


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THE WONDERFUL FAN 


“We only have to go to look over our lessons 
for to-morrow,” said Four-o’-clock, putting her 
arm around Tina. “ It will only be for half an 
hour.” 

Tina went with them into a large school-room, 
and saw that there were different classes for them 
all, though they all seemed to learn pretty much 
the same thing. 

After a while Bluebell rang again, and they all 
stood up waiting for their teachers, and in they came. 

There was Miss Sunshine, Miss Wind, and 
Miss Rain. They all gathered around Miss Sun- 
shine, and some of them went out with her ; but 
two or three stayed behind to have their lessons 
explained by Miss Wind and Miss Rain. 

“Where is Snow-drop?” said Tina. “ I have 
not seen her.” 

“ She is so little and delicate she doesn’t often 
come to school. She is with Eolus, Miss Wind s 
brother ; he is so fond of music, and Snow-drop 
loves to hear him play.” 


FLOWER CHILDREN. 


65 


They passed along through the garden, and 
everywhere Miss Sunshine went it looked brighter. 
She smiled down on Tina, and Tina blushed with 
pleasure. 

They went on into the house, and came to a 
curtained doorway. As they drew near, Tina 
heard music that sounded like the wind blow- 
ing over harp-strings. It had a wild, sweet, wail- 
ing sound, that almost made Tina cry. She pushed 
aside the curtain and went into the room. A boy 
was playing on a violoncello, and on the floor sat 
the dearest little child, all in white. 

“ That must be Snow-drop,” thought Tina, “ and 
she does look like one.” 

What are you playing?” she asked the boy. 

“Don’t you hear?” he replied. “It is the 
Wind s Song.” 

“ I knew it sounded like the wind,” said Tina. 

“Sit down and listen,” said he. 

Tina sat down, and it seemed to her that the 
wind was speaking, and this was what it said : 


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THE WONDERFUL FAN. 


“Up and away, where the leaves are at play, 

Or where on the rocks the waves dash their 
spray ; 

Sending wild clouds scudding fast through the 
sky. 

Sweeping along o’er the whole earth go I. 
Whe-e-e-e-ew ! 

“Up and away ; ever on, ever on, 

Strewing my tokens wherever I’ve gone; 
Whirling, and driving, and hurrying by. 

O’er hill-top, through valley, forever go I. 
Whe-e-e-e-ew ! 

“Up and away, with a blast and a swoop. 

All round the house, with a howl and a whoop ; 
Singing my wild song, now low, now high. 
Through key-holes, down chimneys, round cor- 
ners go I. 

Whe -e-e-e-ew ! ” 

“ H ow do you like it ?” said Eolus. 






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THE WONDERFUL FAN. 


“Very much,” Tina replied. “Wont you 
please play something else ? ” 

He did so ; and all the time he was playing 
Tina thought of trickling water, lovely flowers, and 
moonlight. 

“That was lovely,” she said, sighing, when he 
had finished. 

“I think so, too,” said Snow-drop. “Come, 
take me to the dear Sunshine. I am tired.” 

“You look pale,” said Tina; and taking her 
by the hand, she led her out doors. The others 
were running hither and thither, their bright 
dresses making them look like bunches of flowers 
at a little distance. 

“Come play,” they called to Tina; and she 
ran to join them, leaving Snow-drop with Miss 
Sunshine. 

“ Let us play the ‘Wreath,’ ” they said. 

“ What is that ?” said Tina. 

“Oh, you will see;” and in another moment 
they were formed into a long chain. 


FLOWER CHILDREN. 


69 


“ Now, go see how we look,” they said to Tina. 

She ran off a little way, and saw that they 
looked like a wreath of flowers. 

While she was looking, they all gathered around 
Lily, and there was a big bouquet, with Lily in 
the middle. 

“ I don’t see how they do it,” thought Tina. 

‘‘ Now we are going to hide,” said they, “and 
you must find us;” and in another moment they 
were gone. 

Tina looked all around for them, but not one 
was to be seen. Instead, the garden was full of 
blooming flowers. 

As she passed by the different ones, they all 
seemed to look knowingly at her. 

She ran about till she was quite warm and tired. 
She stopped by a rosebush, and began to fan her- 
self with a big leaf ; and what was her surprise to 
find, while she was fanning, it turned into the same 
fan she had used so often before. 


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THE WONDERFUL FAN. 



A MAGIC ROSE. 

‘‘ Well, here you are again,” she said. “You 
must have wings. I don’t see how else you could 
get about as you do. I really am tired of you ; ” 
and, giving the fan a fling, she threw it over the 
wall. 

“ Ha ! ha ! You can’t get rid- of me that way,” 
said some one. “You’ll have to give me a rose 


now. 



A MAGIC ROSE. 


71 


“Who on earth is that?” said Tina. And a 
little girl appeared on the other side of the wall. 

“I suppose you came out of the fan?” said 
Tina. 

“Of course,” said she. “You had no busi- 
ness to throw the fan away ; and now you will have 
to give me a rose for it.” 

Tina turned and took a rose from the bush by 
her side. “ What are you going to do with it?” 
she said. 

“You will see,” she said. 

“That’s what they all say,” said Tina; “and I 
should think I did see.” 

The little girl laughed, and said : “ I had bet- 
ter not tell you what is coming, but you have been 
with the Flower Children long enough ; ” and say- 
ing this, she touched Tina with the rose, and in 
another moment she was on the other side of the 
wall. 

The ground was rough and stony, and hard to 
walk upon. 


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THE WONDERFUL FAN 


“This isn’t a bit nice,” said she. “ You might 
have taken a better path.” 

“ You can’t expect to have things always pleas- 
ant,” said the little girl. “ Remember, this is where 
you threw the fan.” 

Tina was silent, and went on stumbling over 
the rocks. 

They soon came to a muddy ditch ; the little 
girl sprang over it, and stood on the other side wait- 
ing for Tina; but although she tried and tried, she 
could not get over it. 

“ What am I to do ?” she said. 

“ Say you are sorry you threw the fan over the 
wall,” said the little girl. 

“ I am sorry,” said Tina. 

The little girl leaned over and touched her with 
the rose, and at once she was on the other side. 

They went on, picking their way through the 
mud, till they came to a large hole in the side of a 
hill. There was a heavy stone rolled up in front 
of it. 




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THE WONDERFUL FAN, 


The little girl took the rose, and lightly tapped 
with it, saying : 

Kitty-cat ! Kitty-cat ! 

Some one is here ; 

Two times, or three times. 

You need have no fear.” 

The heavy stone was rolled away, and they 
went into what seemed a long, winding passage. 
It grew darker and darker as they went on. 

“Take care,” said the little girl. “ Here are 
some steps.” 

They went down two or three steps, and came 
to a big stone door. 

The little girl touched it two or three times 
with the rose, saying : 

“ Kitty-cat ! Kitty-cat ! 

Open the door ; 

Two knocks, or three knocks. 

Have brought you before.” 


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75 


The door swung open, and they stepped into a 
large room, or rather hall. 

On a big rug, in front of a door, lay a large 
dog, with two or three kittens crawling over him. 

“Is Kitty-cat ready for us?” asked the little 
girl. 

“Yes,” said the big dog, in a gruff voice. “ She 
has just taken her nap.” 

“ Can we go in ? ” said she. 

“ Knock, and see,” was the reply. 

The little girl knocked with the rose, and said : 

“ Kitty-cat ! Kitty-cat ! 

Are you at home ? 

Open the door, please. 

And see who has come.” 

The door slowly opened — they went in. It 
closed after them, and Tina saw that they were in 
a large room. There seemed to be no one there 
at first ; but, on looking around, she saw a large 
Maltese cat, sitting on a velvet cushion in front of 


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THE WONDERFUL FAN 


the fire. She had a gold crown on her head, and 
around her neck a fine collar embroidered with 
pearls. 

The two girls went softly up to her. She waved 
her paw toward a lounge on one side, and they sat 
down. 

For some time nothing was said, and they all 
sat looking at the fire. 

Then the cat turned her green eyes toward 
Tina, and said, “ So you couldn’t get over the 
ditch ?” 

ow do you know?” said she. 

“H OW do I know anything?” said the cat. 
“ Look in the fire.” 

Tina looked, and saw the most wonderful 
sights, just as if they were really there. All that 
had just passed was plainly before her. She even 
saw herself standing by the ditch, and waiting to 
have the stone doors opened. 

“This is very strange,” she thought. Just then 
the cat got up, stretched herself, and walked over 





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THE WONDERFUL FAN. 


to where Tina was sitting. She jumped up on the 
lounge and put her paw in Tina’s lap. 

Tina looked around for the little girl, but she 
was gone, and only the rose was lying where she 
had been sitting. 

Tina picked up the rose, but the cat took it 
from her, saying, “You must not have that till you 
go. Now it is time for me to take another nap ; 
so you can go to your room.” And, holding the 
rose in her paw, she gave Tina a tap with it, and 
she at once found that she was in her own room at 
home. 

“Well, I am glad to get back,” she said. “ I 
wonder if everything is all right ? ” 

She looked about her for her toys. She only 
saw a few of them, and at the same time she heard 
something scratching and growling over by the 
window. She ran quickly to see, and there found 
a black cat wound up in her favorite toys, kicking 
and scratching, and making a great fuss. 

“ Oh, dear ! ” she began to cry, “ you have 


A MAG/C ROSE. 


79 


ruined my things, you nasty, mean cat ! ” The cat 
sat up on its hind legs, every hair bristling. 

‘‘ Don’t you call me that ! ” it said. “ What did 
you do to the fan ? Remember where you are.” 

“ I am in my own room,” said Tina. 

“Oh, you think so,” said the cat. “Well, per- 
haps you will find out you are mistaken. It is my 
room, ril have you to know.” 

“ It isn’t,” said Tina. 

“ It is,” said the cat. 

“ I am going to tell my mamma,” sobbed Tina ; 
and she ran to the door. 

But the cat was there before her, and began 
waltzing around on its hind legs, crying, “ Where 
is the rose ? How are you going to get out with- 
out the rose ? ” 

And Tina found she could not get by the cat. 
She made a rush at it and gave it a knock. In- 
stantly the room was full of cats. They snarled 
and glared at Tina, so that she was frightened 
nearly to death. 


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THE WONDERFUL FAN. 


She began to wring her hands and look for 
some way to get out, but the cats were all around 
her. 

In the midst of the noise and fuss, in came the 
cat with the crown and collar. Two little white 
kittens were holding up her tail ; and another one 
held a silver waiter, with the rose lying on it. A 
large black cat brought up the rear with the velvet 
cushion. 

‘'What is the matter?” asked the queen cat. 

Then all the cats began to point at Tina, and 
to talk at once. 

She stood there crying, hardly knowing what 
to do, when a thought struck her, and she ran for- 
ward and snatched the rose from the silver waiter. 

In an instant she was standing outside of the 
stone castle. 

“Now, where am I to go?” said she. “I 
would like to get away from here as fast as I can. 
I am afraid the cats will come after me.” 

She looked around, and saw a stable. “ I won- 















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THE WONDERFUL FAN 


der if there is a horse in there?” she said. “I 
might get on his back, if there is, and get away.” 

She went up to the door, and touched it with 
the rose, but it did not open. 

“ Oh, dear ! if I could only think of something 
to say,” she said. 

She stood there looking at the rose, and lifted 
it to her lips without thinking. As soon as she 
had done it, she found herself saying : 

“ H orse, horse, open the door, 

I never wished you so much before. 

Take me away. 

Horsey, I pray, 

H orse, horse, open the door ! ” 

The door flew open, and there stood a horse. 
Tina climbed up on his back, touched him with 
the rose, and he trotted out. The door swung to, 
and they set off down the road. 

“ How glad I am to get out of there, and yet I 
thought I was in my own room,” said Tina. 


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83 


“ I wonder where the horse will take me ?” 

The horse pricked up his ears and jogged 
along in a very sleepy sort of a way, and Tina be- 
gan to get sleepy too. 

She felt herself nodding, nodding, when all at 
once the horse kicked up his heels, and over Tina 
went, right into a snow-bank. 

She sat up rubbing her eyes, and looked around 
for the horse, but he was nowhere in sight. The 
rose too was gone, but there by her side was the 
fan. 


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THE WONDERFUL FAN 



CLOUD COUNTRY. 

“You must have dropped from the clouds,” 
said Tina. 

“So I did.” 

“Who is I ?” 

“ Look up, and you will see.” 

Tina looked up, and saw nothing but a little 


CLOUD COUNTRY. 


85 


white cloud floating along. It came nearer and 
nearer, and a voice said “ Come !” 

Tina got up and ran along the road following 
the little cloud, which seemed to be a few yards 
ahead of her. 

They presently came to the edge of a wood. 
The cloud suddenly disappeared, and Tina fol- 
lowed a path that led into the wood. The snow 
had all disappeared, and she saw ahead of her a 
little spring bubbling out of a rock, and gurgling 
along till it ran off a little happy brook. 

When she reached the spring she saw, seated 
on a rock near by, a beautiful little creature in soft 
fleecy white, that floated about her like a cloud. 
She wore a scarf that looked like a rainbow ; stars 
twinkled in her hair, and in her hands she held a 
bow like a new moon. 

“You certainly must have come from the 
clouds,” said Tina, “for I never saw anything like 
you before.” 

“Yes,” said she, “ I did come from Cloud 


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THE WONDERFUL FAN. 


Country, and I am going to take you back with 
me. I am one of the little clouds, and my name is 
‘ Fleecy.’ ” 

“ I shall like to go with you,” said Tina. “ You 
are so lovely.” 

Fleecy smiled, and, tying one end of her scarf 
around Tina’s waist, she kissed her cheek, and they 
rose up in the air. 

It was delightful. 

Tina felt herself wafted along, and felt as if 
she could float that way forever. 

Up, up they went, till trees looked like bushes, 
and people like ants, and then they entered the 
gates of Cloud Country. 

These were of pure white ; and what a beauti- 
ful sight Tina saw as they went in, and the gates 
rolled together. 

Stretching to one side was a wide sea, as blue 
as blue could be, the shores stretching out of 
sight. Great rocks towered up all around. 

On the other side rose up a gleaming palace. 


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87 



The doors were hung with purple and rose color, 
and, as the curtains swayed, you caught sight of 
the dazzling splendor inside. 

Over the palace a rainbow arched and dipped 


down into the sea, where little white ships were sail- 
ing about. 

Fleecy took Tina to the shore of the sea, and 


THE WONDERFUL FAN. 


she saw on the rocks several children looking out 
on the water. 

‘‘ What are they there for ? ” asked Tina. 

“They are stars,” said Fleecy, “and they are 
waiting till it is time for them to come out.” 

“ They don’t look like stars,” said Tina. “ They 
just look like any children. I thought stars must 
be very beautiful.” 

“Some of them are,” said Fleecy, “but these 
are quite ordinary. Those that attend the moon 
are very beautiful.” 

“Where is the moon ?” said Tina. 

“ She is in the palace,” said Fleecy. “ She 
will come out soon, then you can see her. Maybe 
she will let you go with her to-night, as you are a 
stranger here.” 

“ What shall we do now ?” asked Tina. 

“ Oh, we can slide down the rainbow, or rock in 
one of the hammocks, or go sailing on the water.” 

“I am almost afraid to slide down the rainbow ; 
it goes right into the water.” 


CLOUD COUNTRY. 


“Yes, but you go right through that; it won’t 
hurt you. When we are in a hurry we go down 
to earth that way.” 

“ I think I would rather rock in a hammock.” 

“ Very well ; come with me.” 

She took Tina farther away from the sea, and 
in another moment she was lying on the softest, 
rosiest cloud, with Fleecy by her side. 

“When will the moon be out?” said she. 
“ Isn’t it nearly time ? ” 

“Yes,” said Fleecy. “ I see the lights over 
in the palace now. They are bringing out the 
chariot.” 

“We had better go,” she said to Tina, and 
they got out of the hammock, and went and 
stood by the palace steps. 

Very soon there was a rustle. It grew lighter 
and lighter. Down the steps came first a beauti- 
ful maiden bearing a lighted taper, that shone with 
the fairest, purest light. 

“That is Venus,” whispered Fleecy. “ She is 


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THE WONDERFUL FAN. 


the Evening Star now, and goes ahead of the 
queen.” 

Then came a procession of other stars, and 
next them the queen herself 

ow fair and lovely she is !” said Tina. 

She wore a dress of spun silver, and a crown 
of diamonds on her head. 

As she passed along, Tina saw quantities of 
figures on each side the steps, a long procession of 
them that extended to the sea. 

Those are clouds,” whispered Fleecy, quietly. 
'‘Stay here. I must go and take my place among 
them.” 

Tina stood at the foot of the steps. As the 
queen passed along, the crowd made way, and she 
went through them until she came to Tina. 

She stopped and looked at her. 

"You are an earth child,” she said. "You 
shall go with me in my chariot.” And, taking her 
by the hand, she led her to a silver chariot that 
was waiting just beyond. 


CLOUD COUNTRY. 


91 


Taking the taper from Venus, the queen got in, 
and motioned Tina to follow. 

She did so, and 
they rolled along to- 
ward the sea, the 
crowd scattering as 
they passed. 

The chariot seem- 
ed to have no wheels, 
and when they reach- 
ed the blue water, it 
slipped in and sailed 
along as easily as a 
boat. 

Tina looked over, 
and saw that she 
could look through 
the water as easily as if there were nothing there. 

The whole earth lay quiet before her. She 
looked down and saw a maiden standing at a win- 
dow, looking out. 



92 


THE WONDERFUL FAN 


“She is unhappy,” said the queen ; “and yet 
I think she will be glad to see me.” And she 
turned her face toward the windows where the 
maiden stood. 

She turned and looked up at them, and a faint 
smile came over her face. 

It was so still, that Tina heard her say dis- 
tinctly, “ Oh, fair moon, you have driven away 
the clouds from the sky. Perhaps there may come 
some bright hope to drive away the clouds from 
my life.” 

They went sailing on over the blue sea, till they 
came to land again. They passed by huge masses 
of gray rocks, and Tina saw ahead of them a pale 
pink light. 

“The sun is coming,” said the moon. “ We 
must hurry home, or I will have to put out my 
light.” 

They soon came in sight of the gleaming pal- 
ace. Fleecy came to meet them, and the queen 
went in and left them. 


CLOUD COUNTRY. 


93 


“Now,” said Fleecy, “we will go sailing on 
the water ; and when you get tired, you can just 
slide down the rainbow to earth again.” 

A quantity of little white ships were sailing 
about. One floated up to them. They got in, and 
sailed along with the rest. 

In every ship there was a little cloud. They 
all smiled at Tina — sometimes sailing right along 
by the ship she was in. They were all such happy 
little clouds. 

“ Do you always have such a good time ? ” asked 
Tina of Fleecy. 

“ No ; sometimes the storms come,” she said, 
“and they hurry us along, and whirl us about till 
we hardly know which way to go, and fly as hard 
as we can to get out of their way.” 

Just then thunder was heard in the distance, 
and Tina began to get frightened. “Oh, I wish I 
were at home ! ” she said. 

She looked over the side of the ship, and saw 
that they were directly over a lake on the earth. 


94 


THE WONDERFUL FAN. 


There was a little boat on it, with some people 
in it. One' end of the rainbow seemed to go 
down directly into the lake, and the people were 
looking at it. 

“ I will go right into the water,” she said. 

“ Oh, no you won’t,” said Fleecy. ‘‘ I will watch 
to see that you get down safely.” 

Patter, patter, came big drops of rain. 

The little ship sailed up to the rainbow, and 
Tina got on it, holding on with both hands. 

“ Good-bye,” called Fleecy. 

“ Good-bye,” she answered ; and down she went 
through the blue sea. Down— down, so swiftly ! 

She looked back at Fleecy sitting in the boat, 
and held on as hard as she could, hoping to be 
saved from the cold water. 

Down she went, and she shut her eyes hard 
and knew she was lost. 

Now how sorry she was that she had left the 
boat, and trusted herself to the rainbow. 








THE WONDERFUL FAN. 


“ Oh, I shall be drowned ! ” she cried ; and she 
clung to the rainbow with all her might, but it felt 
hard, like wood. She rubbed her eyes, looked 
around, and saw that she was lying on the sofa, in 
her own parlor at home, holding fast to the fan, sur- 
prised to find that a heavy gust had come up, and 
it was raining hard. 












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